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No one had ever tested the soil near battery recyclers in Togo, one of several African countries that have ramped up exports of lead for the global auto industry.

Carmakers have known for decades that battery recycling was poisoning people abroad. Nigeria’s crackdown is an effort to catalog the damage.

Blood and soil testing confirmed the health consequences. Then we tracked individual shipments to the United States.

People in Africa’s lead recycling capital have long suspected that the black dust falling from the sky is making them sick. But the extent of the damage to their bodies and their community hasn’t been clear until now.

A Greek physician who has extensively studied nicotine was paid by Juul to lobby against Israeli vaping regulations. He didn’t disclose the payment in his research.

Lord Strathcarron didn’t publicly disclose his family connection even as he adopted the tobacco giant’s position on a “smoke-free generation” bill.

Governments in the U.S. and Canada went to court and got tobacco companies to pay for smoking-related diseases. Many other lawsuits have failed.

Researchers found residue of the petroleum-based solvent in a few dozen food products, including vegetable oil, chicken, butter, milk and infant formula.

Outlaw Dip, Spree Bar and other nicotine alternatives aren’t regulated in many countries. Researchers warn about health risks and misleading marketing.

At least 17 countries have a stake in the tobacco industry, making them responsible for a product that is a leading cause of preventable death.

Calls for sugar taxes and nondescript packaging for tobacco were removed during negotiations ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting in September.

As public health experts warn of the dangers of heated tobacco products like IQOS, Lord Ed Vaizey argued that they should be excluded from a landmark ban pending further study – after touring Philip Morris International's lab.

A presidential agenda, pro-industry proposals and a probe — documents reveal Big Tobacco’s influence in the Philippines and on the international stage.

The deal delivered millions to an in-law of the former president, Bounnhang Vorachit, while blocking tobacco tax hikes for 25 years.

Funded by the maple industry, a researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that syrup could help prevent serious diseases.

Fueled by misleading marketing claims, the German drugmaker’s painkiller tapentadol is on the rise.

As legal battles over vapes and menthol cigarettes mount, tobacco companies turn to former agency insiders to press their case.